graphQL

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turtle-audio-project

WHY LEARN GRAPHQL?

• Avoid overfetching data
• Speed up frontend development cycle
• Unify complex API architecture

HOW TO IMPLEMENT GRAPHQL

1. Write a schema for your server
2. Integrate into frontend (Apollo, Relay)
3. Use graphQL instead of Fetch or Axios to get your data

PROJECT: turtle-audio

Audio player that allows users to comment on songs.

React Router

Howler.js

AWS S3

Awesome dev tool:

graphiQL

Challenges and Surprises

How can I transfer files with graphQL?

How should I manage my state alongside graphQL queries?

What about REST?

What about logging?